"That is entirely up to the various authors."

Translation: Das liegt ganz an den jeweiligen Autoren.

[greenfire315]

Does it have to be "liegt"? Could it not be "ist"?

[Gildesh]

I answered: "Das liegt ganz an DIE verschiedenen Autoren" because Autoren ist plural, and liegt... an works with akkusative, why am I wrong?

[olimo]

It is dative, not accusative, and yes, it is annoying to get words in dative case in the Adjectives: Accusative section...